Noah's First Trip to the Fair!

Matt, Ashley, and the crew :)

Noah never expected to see his first camel and elephant at the fair

random place for a camel and elephant, but Noah enjoyed it :)

so much to see!!

the lights!

the cows!

the goats!

the fair food!

the tractors!

:)

Noah's First Clemson Game!

Noah's new little friends!!

Noah really enjoyed watching football with the boys :)

he is so excited about his two new little friends! his first boy cousins! Charlie and Miller !

loving playing in the "mountains" with Uncle Clay's wheelbarrow!

and learned how to say "its a girl!!" to tell the fam about our new little addition!

here's a pic of little Eden Grace at 20 weeks :)

We can't believe God has chosen to bless us with another precious little one!! and we are so completely thrilled!!!

My Favorite Day!

I love Saturdays!

pancake breakfast!

family worship time!

fishing in the creek!

i really can't get enough of this little one or his dad! :) two of the faces i adore :!

getting really dirty!

dirty little scraped up knees!

.. and the fact that it doesn't bother him at all :)

attempting to kill fish with rocks :)

contemplating on whether to finish this fish and crab off :)

the temptation is too great

... but how can we blame him? he got this love of raw fish from us :)

as if the day couldn't get better ...... sushi!!

chris makes much better sushi than any restaurant i've ever seen!!

i know i don't deserve such joy! but in my heart i know i was made for it :) and I know the best is yet to come! God is so good to us! :)

.... "Its not that I did choose You, for Lord, that could not be; this heart would still refuse You, Had You not chosen me. My heart owns none before You, for Your rich grace I thirst; this knowing, if I love You, You must have loved me first." (Josiah Conder, 1836) 1 John 4:19

crazy! isn't it?!

I love Noah's enthusiasm !!!

for giving kisses!

picking (and eating) blueberries!

our friends! (even though we haven't seen some of them in weeks, he still reviews all of their names daily) :)

sticks!

climbing!

his dada!!

thunderstorms ("boom!") and rainbows

bicycle racks!

cheese! and bananas!

giant onion rings the size of his head! (don't worry he didn't really eat it)

watermelon! ("noina")

the broom!

reading books! (and more specifically the grinch) :)

To the love of my life...

the funnest

the cutest

the very best

dad

and husband

in the whole wide world!

what are the chances of a girl like me getting a guy like you! :)

i love you so so much!

happy father's day :)

God has freely given us all things! (Romans 8:32)

"The meaning of 'He will give us all things' can be put thus: One day we will see that nothing- literally nothing- that could have increased our eternal happiness has been denied us, and that nothing- literally nothing- that could have reduced that happiness has been left with us! What higher assurance do we want than that?" J I Packer, Knowing God